{"id":5140,"date":"2023-06-07T14:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamsavvy.co.uk\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2023-06-07T18:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T18:19:02","slug":"tainted-love-alex-coles-savvy-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamsavvy.co.uk\/?p=5140","title":{"rendered":"Tainted Love: Alex Coles &#038; Savvy in Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5140\" class=\"elementor elementor-5140\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e11fdf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e11fdf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d42df52\" data-id=\"d42df52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e8da7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4e8da7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternberg-press.com\/product\/tainted-love\/\">A few snaps from the talk &amp; launch of the new book by Alex Coles entitled \"Tainted Love\" From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar out now on Sternberg Press .<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0628ef4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0628ef4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ce26e9\" data-id=\"9ce26e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3adb6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3adb6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/iamsavvy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2698_TaintedLove_AlexColes_FrontCover-600x915-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5161\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamsavvy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2698_TaintedLove_AlexColes_FrontCover-600x915-1.png 600w, https:\/\/iamsavvy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2698_TaintedLove_AlexColes_FrontCover-600x915-1-300x458.png 300w, https:\/\/iamsavvy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2698_TaintedLove_AlexColes_FrontCover-600x915-1-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-446319f\" data-id=\"446319f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf4c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdf4c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Titled after Soft Cell&#8217;s version of the original 1965 Gloria Jones track,\u00a0<em>Tainted Love\u00a0<\/em>is the first book-length inquiry into the subject of the twisted romantic ballad, giving a sense of both its history and contemporary currency. Sometimes extreme, this twist to the conventional romantic ballad spans across gender and generational boundaries to subvert our understanding of both the genre\u2019s function and its behavior. Each chapter of\u00a0<em>Tainted Love<\/em>\u00a0takes a deep dive into a single twisted ballad, examining both its inner workings\u2014lyrics, melody, and vocal approach\u2014and its broader cultural resonance.<\/h4><h4><br \/>Featuring an analysis of songs\u00a0by Kendrick Lamar, Nina Simone, Roxy Music, Joni Mitchell, The Velvet Underground, Frank Sinatra, Soft Cell, Paul McCartney, Charlotte &amp; Serge Gainsbourg, PJ Harvey &amp; Nick Cave, and Little Simz, this book turns on the question: What compels songwriters to compose\u2014and us to listen to\u2014these warped songs?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e48ea82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e48ea82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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